πŸ‘‹Hi, #academic community, tell us, why are you on #Mastodon and how are you using it? πŸ“£ Please share and fill out our quick survey (max 10 min): πŸ”— Help us study #decentralized #SocialMedia in academia. ➑️ Why Mastodon (or why not)? ➑️ How often do you toot? ➑️ Benefits over other platforms? ➑️ Challenges faced? More info: πŸ”— #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #OpenScience
"For me, being an open academic means that the research that you're doing is open to the ones you're doing it for. So that means that I want to involve the young people and #children that I'm doing research for, and not only as a participant, but also as a researcher." In our 10-minute open science podcast paediatrician Laura Postma shares her experiences with patient involvement, and what being an open academic means to her. 🎧 #openscience #academic #research #podcast image
πŸ‘‹ Hi, #scholars, tell us, why are you on #Mastodon? πŸ” We are researching how and why academics use Mastodon compared to other platforms. Is it key for #academic #discourse? πŸ”œ We'll launch our #research survey by mid-October, so stay tuned. πŸ“£ Meanwhile: what features of Mastodon do you find most valuable for academic discourse? And which other questions should we include in our research, you think? #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #OpenScience #SocialMedia
At our special collections department a new digital exhibition has been published: Beyond the Map. Descriptions of the non-European World in Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior. It provides a thorough analysis of seventeenth-century Dutch publisher Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior, with the help of a group of University of Groningen history students. πŸ”— #History #histodons #world #heritage #digitization #Cartography #students #Groningen image